Morat Castle
Morat Castle is a castle in Murten, See, Canton of Fribourg which is located on Schlossgasse. Morat Castle is situated nearby to the government office Oberamt Seebezirk, as well as near the police station Stadtpolizei.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Morat in the canton of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Also known as: “Castle Murten”
- Address: Schlossgasse 1
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum Murten and Murten/Morat railway station.
Murten/Morat railway station
Railway station
Photo: JoachimKohlerBremen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Murten/Morat railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Murten, in the Swiss canton of Fribourg. It is located at the southern junction of the standard gauge Fribourg–Ins and Palézieux–Lyss lines of Swiss Federal Railways. Murten/Morat railway station is situated 280 metres south of Morat Castle.
Reformed French church (former St. Catherine’s Chapel) with rectory
Church
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Meyriez and Muntelier.
Meyriez
Village
Meyriez is a municipality in the district of See or du Lac in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French-speaking canton of Fribourg.
Muntelier
Village
Photo: Patrick Nouhailler’s…, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Muntelier is a municipality in the district of See in the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. It is one of the municipalities with a large majority of German speakers in the mostly French speaking Canton of Fribourg.
Münchenwiler
Village
Photo: Ch-info.ch, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Münchenwiler is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Morat Castle
- Categories: building, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Murten, See, Canton of Fribourg, Western Switzerland, Switzerland, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
46.92796° or 46° 55′ 41″ northLongitude
7.11494° or 7° 6′ 54″ eastHeight
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
8FR9W4H7+5XOpenStreetMap ID
way 170141173OpenStreetMap feature
building=castleOpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleWikidata ID
Q2970063
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Morat Castle” goes by many names.
- French: “Chateau de Morat”
- French: “château de Morat”
- French: “Château de morat”
- French: “Château de Morat”
- French: “Château De Morat”
- German: “Burg Murten”
- German: “Murten”
- German: “Schloss Murten”
- Hebrew: “טירת מורטן”
- Russian: “Замок Муртен”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Oberamt Seebezirk and Stadtpolizei.
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